Ice-T Updates Name of '90s Protest Anthem 'Cop Killer' to Comment on ICE Violence

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During an interview with The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, Jan. 28, the rapper and actor spoke about changing the lyrics from “Cop Killer” to “ICE Killer” during a Warped Tour performance in Los Angeles July 2025. It’s time to play ‘Cop Killer’ and my brain just said, ‘Do ‘ICE Killer.' Ice-T then noted the real meaning of his lyric change to "Cop Killer." “You know ‘ICE Killer,’ ‘Cop Killer’ it’s really protest,” the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star explained. "Cop Killer," an anti-police protest anthem, was released by his heavy metal band Body Count in 1992 when Bill Clinton and George H.W.